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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blędati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *blęsti (1sg. *blędǫ) + *-ati.
Verb
*blędati
- to be delirious
- to cause confusion, commotion
Alternative forms
- *blǫdati (South Slavic)
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: 1sg. *blędaje, 3sg. bľǫdă
- Polish: blańdać (dialectal)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2: (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114